Swarovski Z5 3.5-18x44 BT

[NigelG]

Because the eye relief is so long (3.7") the scope has to be mount a bit further forward which would have meant the front base only half on the dovetail, but I had a plan, already got a dovetail to picatinny rail converter and some nice vertically split rings that are quite slim as only one grub screw top and bottom. Ran into another only slight problem, these rings are low ones which meant I couldn't have fitted the bolt in the rifle

Quick search on the web and found optics warehouse do a pair of 1/2" risers and they came the next day (today)

thanks optic warehouse, brilliant service

Glad to say they fitted a treat onto the dovetail to pic converter I already had, then the split rings on top.

wow wow wow scope is set for perfect eye relief on first mounting and although 1/4" higher now than previous scope, it is just absolutely perfect.

one of the things I like about vertically split rings, is if you line the dot up on the scope which shows what mag it is set to and bang on the most upper part of the scope right in the middle of the top split, the cross hairs are now true vertical.

hopefully out tomorrow to zero at 100yds, then set up the BT

[NigelG]

scope had it's maiden outing last night and set the zero to 50yds (same as 100) but will need to do a proper 100 yarder another time. Am I impressed under lamp, oh yes, very much so. The cross hairs almost seem to glow at night time, strange thing to say, but can't really describe it properly, had the mag set to x6 and I was able to see in the dark on a golf course without using the lamp, but not able to see the hairs though. Turning on the lamp is amasing, the image seen even under a low lamp is awesome and I was able to clearly see foliage at 250yds on the driving range with the lamp up higher. Glad I bought it, you bet. I envy those with the Z6 but it just wouldn't have worked on an hmr with over a 1/3" per click, the Z5 is 1/4"

[Ka-Boom!]

The 3-18x50 and bigger Z6 scopes have 5mm @ 100m clicks, which work out to about 1/5th MOA.

[NigelG]

the Z6 is 0.36" per click at 100yds which is 9.1mm

[blue]

the Z6 is 0.36" per click at 100yds which is 9.1mm

No they are not. Mine is .18 or 0.5 cm.

[Ka-Boom!]

the Z6 is 0.36" per click at 100yds which is 9.1mm

... for models with 2.5-15 magnification or less.